Coaches strengthen osteoarthritis
Thursday, March 11th, 2010A study in the December 2009 edition of PM & R published in the Journal of injuries, functional rehabilitation and concluded that the use of modern sneaker with a knee injury that can cause hip and ankle. The study, conducted in 68 healthy adult runners, the results were surprising. For the study, subjects were recorded on a tape with a motion analysis system. None of the participants had a history of musculoskeletal injuries, and all had the habit of running 15 miles a week. Each participant was asked to run barefoot and wearing also typical running shoes. The results showed that running with shoes may increase pressure on knee joints by up to 38%. “There is an increase in joint torque, which can be damaging,” said D. Casey Kerrigan, MD, author of the study. This can serve as a call to a shoemaker, re-design their products that are safer for runners. The study revealed the characteristics of the shoes as a possible cause of the problem, including high heels and raised his arms. Additional material in athletic shoes, the body’s natural response to the ongoing counter in the far more harm than good. The increasing burden of the knee can cause arthritis, if sustained over a long period, it is theoretically. Doubts, however, Bruce Williams, a spokesman for the American Association of Podiatrists, this claim. “It’s much ado about nothing,” Williams said, and concluded: “There was an increase of the joint forces, but that was it.” The study was not designed to demonstrate a connection between arthritis and walking shoes.